Grassy feet

Somehow we were outside very early the other morning, sometime between 7:30 and 8:00.  It was already horribly humid, and I still had to fight the kids to get them inside.  Altho, more and more, I have to wrestle Lex to do anything...not even 18 months and he's already asserting himself.  Geez.  Gotta love her style, it's 120% humidity(or so it seemed) and she's wearing a velour dress and knee high socks.

Her brother is a little more reasonable.  Tho I'm worried about how I'm going to keep his pants up once he's potty trained and we no longer have the diaper to help out.

Bry-D had cut the grass the night before.

I keep forgetting to put the DVD player up where niether of them can see it, b/c they are getting into a bad habit of turning it on first thing every morning.  That's probably Kung Fu Panda they're watching, it's been in heavy rotation.

In school, this is her favorite activity, color mixing.

She draws a color tablet from the pile, and has to mix the colors to match the tablet.  I had to make a rule that once she's out of colored water, the activity is over.  Orange is her nemesis, but green, the color she's doing now, is easy for her. 

Could I neglect this blog a little more?

Probably.  Please accept my heart felt apologies for not keeping you up to date on what's been happening in the Elliott household.  To sum up what's we've been doing-keeping busy!  We've had VBS, Swim lessons, Dance Recital(forgot my camera, sorry)school, visit from Grandma Susie and Papa Doug, yes, there's been plenty to write about.  I'm just going to overload you with pictures today, and I'll get back on the wagon with posting a couple times a week.

I kow the quality is horrible, I haven't figured out how to take good pictures in the pool area. She's on the end.

She's underwater.

We completely wore the grandparents out. 

First the White River Gardens,

then the Zoo

Oh look, Grandparents doting on their grandkids, imagine that!

Bry-D has had to work way more than usual, and one night the little guy would not go to bed without some Daddy time.

All a little boy needs to be happy-a stick,mud and dogs!

The best part of the yard is this side part that's always a little damp, even when we're not having daily downpours of three to four inches

Constantly making friends with the slugs, snails and roly-polies-YUCK!

Digging in the dirt together!

As for the dogs, they're the same-

I call Kaya "The Sentinel"

And Sadie "The Idiot"

I'm pretty sure Dostoevsky's inspiration for Prince Myshkin wasn't a dog, tho they do share a few traits.